Fincher Signs on for Double Duty at Paramount & WB
Movie fan favorite David Fincher ("Fight Club," "Seven") has signed with Paramount to (finally) direct a pair of oft-discussed projects, says Variety. First up for the celebrated filmmaker is "Zodiac," which is based on a pair of true crime books about a serial killer who stalked San Francisco in the late 1960's.
On board to star are Robert Downey Jr. ("Gothika"), Jake Gyllenhaal ("Donnie Darko"), and Anthony Edwards ("Revenge of the Nerds"). Pre-production on "Zodiac" is presently underway.
After that gig winds down, Mr. Fincher will turn his attentions toward a big-screen adaptation of "Benjamin Button," an F. Scott Fitzgerald story about a man who begins aging backwards.
Set to star in "Button" are Brad Pitt (who's worked with Fincher twice before) and Cate Blanchett ("The Aviator").
Both productions are joint efforts between Paramount and Warner Bros.
On board to star are Robert Downey Jr. ("Gothika"), Jake Gyllenhaal ("Donnie Darko"), and Anthony Edwards ("Revenge of the Nerds"). Pre-production on "Zodiac" is presently underway.
After that gig winds down, Mr. Fincher will turn his attentions toward a big-screen adaptation of "Benjamin Button," an F. Scott Fitzgerald story about a man who begins aging backwards.
Set to star in "Button" are Brad Pitt (who's worked with Fincher twice before) and Cate Blanchett ("The Aviator").
Both productions are joint efforts between Paramount and Warner Bros.
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on Jul 05 2005 10:22 AM Finally. (Reply to this) |
on Jul 05 2005 10:34 AM Haha Duty (Reply to this) |
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on Jul 05 2005 12:37 PM Nomaly I would say that Benjamin Button sounds gay but with Fincher, Pitt, and Blanchett attached, I'm kind of intrigued to see how it turns out. And Zodiac just sounds good period, although I thought they head already started working on it. (Reply to this) |
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on Jul 05 2005 01:42 PM Very ironic considering Pitt and Blanchett were the original leads in "The Fountain" (Reply to this) |
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on Jul 06 2005 06:24 AM sweet (Reply to this) |
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on Jul 08 2005 10:06 AM can't go wrong with fincher and pitt making a movie together (Reply to this) |
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on Jul 09 2005 09:02 AM Fincher is easily my favorite director with "Fight Club", "The Game", and "Se7en", but im a little bit worried about what these upcoming movies sound like.. of course the premise for making the movie "fight club" probably didn't sound that great either (Reply to this) |
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on Jul 10 2005 01:15 PM [b]Another Serial Killer Film!!!???[/b] I was a big fan of Fincher's Seven, even if it was responsible for saving the long played out genre of serial killer films. Sure, the film lacked originality, but it was a solid effort from a first time movie director. After seeing Fight Club, I thought Fincher had moved onto better and more daring features, but his upcoming film sounds like a step back to something him, and every other director from the 90's, has already covered. Maybe his adaptation of Fitgerald's "Benjamin Button" will save the brilliant creativity we witnessed when we saw "Fight Club". Im not even going to say the name of the mediocre Jodie Foster film he did, I still think he's a great director nonetheless. (Reply to this) |
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